{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/242-million-denver-area-projects-included-congressional-spending-bill", "$24.2 million for Denver-area projects included in Congressional spending bill", "2022-12-20", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", "degette", "https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has secured more than $24.2 million to fund more than a dozen projects in the Denver area \u2013 including several to help those experiencing homelessness.\n\nDeGette secured the funding as part of a newly unveiled government spending bill Congress is expected to approve this week. The legislation will provide millions of dollars to fund 14 key projects throughout Denver, most of which are designed to make more housing, food and other essential services available to those experiencing homelessness in the Mile High city.\n\n\u201cWe need all hands on deck to help those experiencing homelessness in our community,\u201d DeGette said. \u201cThese projects will make more housing and health care services available in some of our most underserved communities. And while they alone will not solve all the issues facing our community, these projects will provide critical assistance to so many in our area who desperately need help.\u201d\n\nThe legislation, which the Senate is expected to vote on as early as Wednesday, will provide, among other things, $4 million to help fund the construction of more than 70 new apartments in Denver\u2019s Warren Village, which will then be made available to low-income single-parents with nowhere else to turn. It will also provide $4 million to help Colorado Coalition for the Homeless purchase the now-abandoned Clarion Hotel in North Denver and convert it into more housing for those who are experiencing homelessness; and $1 million to help Habitat for Humanity build six new homes in Denver\u2019s Villa Park.\n\nThe measure also includes $2.2 million for Denver Health to provide essential oral health services in some of Denver\u2019s most underserved communities; $1.2 million to help the Food Bank of the Rockies purchase additional coolers to store and distribute more food to those in need; and $1 million to help construct a new youth mental-health treatment center in North Denver to help low-income children in the area.\n\nThe $24.2 million DeGette secured as part of the spending bill unveiled last night comes on top of more than $13 million DeGette successfully secured earlier this year to fund several other local projects in the Denver area, which were also designed to help those experiencing homelessness \u2013 including $2 million to purchase and convert the Stay Inn Hotel into more housing for the homeless, and more than $3 million for Urban Peak to build a new shelter for homeless youth in the Denver area. Both of those projects are now underway.\n\nThe legislation now being considered by Congress will be voted on first in the Senate, which is expected to take it up as early as Wednesday. Once approved there, it will head to the House for a final vote of approval before heading to President Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\nFollowing is the full list of Denver-area projects DeGette secured in the spending bill set to be approved this week:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/242-million-denver-area-projects-included-congressional-spending-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9454996325075626, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}